3. stilt any of several white-and-black wading birds, esp. Cladorhynchus leucocephalus and Himantopus mexicanus, having long, bright pinklegs and a long, slender blackbill.
2. (noun)stilt one of two stout poles with foot rests in the middle; used for walkinghighabove the ground "he was so tall I thought he was on stilts"
3. (noun)stilt, Australian stilt long-legged three-toed wadingbird of brackish marshes of Australia
4. (noun)stilt, stiltbird, longlegs, long-legs, stilt plover, Himantopus stilt long-legged three-toed black-and-whitewadingbird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
Definition of 'Stilt'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Stilt a pole, or piece of wood, constructed with a step or loop to raise the footabove the ground in walking. It is sometimes lashed to the leg, and sometimes prolonged upward so as to be steadied by the hand or arm
2. (noun)Stilt a crutch; also, the handle of a plow
3. (noun)Stilt any species of limicoline birds belonging to Himantopus and allied genera, in which the legs are remarkably long and slender. Called also longshanks, stiltbird, stilt plover, and lawyer
4. (verb)Stilt to raise on stilts, or as if on stilts